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I found out today that the Hillclimb has been cancelled due to the council stuffing around instead of fixing the bloody track! It is now a 1/4 mile drag on the main straight. Just wondering if anyone is still entering this event?

This is the definition I got from the BLCC

The Flying 1/5th is run down Conrod Straight from just below BLCC Clubrooms and stops short of the Chase. It is just a straight run timed for 1/5th of a km - single car at a time

Yea with the change of events I will be competing in the Supersprint on the Saturday only. Not particularly interested in the flying 1/5th. Is a shame about the hill climb, but thanks to the council deciding they want to start repairs on both sections of the track at the same time, BLCC can unfortunately not run either of the optional hill climbs.

See you guys at the supersprint!

Yeah I guess the club is trying to make the best of a bad situation that is beyond their control. A shame they are the ones that will loose out on costs/entrants due to council's decision

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Damn didnt know this was a drift event :P That second video getting loose through the chase that is a big balls moment and a great save. Would have loved to see the external video of that :P

Damn didnt know this was a drift event :P That second video getting loose through the chase that is a big balls moment and a great save. Would have loved to see the external video of that :P

The final run we had the track was so slippery, as you can see from my video haha. It kicked out with no real acceleration or correction and was just sliding whilst in fifth gear, all I could do was steer and hope it grabbed traction before the next turn lol. Luckily I'm used to sliding, so I was able to keep myself on the track.

I don't have any outside footage of this run unfortunately because every had their cameras away with the rain. I do have GoPro footage from on the side of the car which I might upload later, and I do have footage from the other vehicle at the time but all you can see is water spray lol.

Here is an outside view video though, I was pushing too hard out of the chase and the car got a bit sideways (theme of the day for me lol) which you can see right at the end of the video.

haha good car control, and it's always great to hear an rb boosting down conrod.

you should check out the recent CAMS bulletin on cameras, they no longer allow anything to be helmet mounted....

yep, i dont know how he got away with it, but i had the gopro adapter stuck on my helmet and he even said that was a no go anymore( even tho i told him im not using the camera)... he said he will let it go this time!... something about the glue stuck to the helmet and will damage it etc

Mines mounted on the cage now.

haha good car control, and it's always great to hear an rb boosting down conrod.

you should check out the recent CAMS bulletin on cameras, they no longer allow anything to be helmet mounted....

Thanks :)

I do recall hearing something about this but have never been pulled up about it since hearing about it

yep, i dont know how he got away with it, but i had the gopro adapter stuck on my helmet and he even said that was a no go anymore( even tho i told him im not using the camera)... he said he will let it go this time!... something about the glue stuck to the helmet and will damage it etc

Mines mounted on the cage now.

They didn't say anything to me about the adaptor on my helmet or having the camera on my helmet all day. Back at the Round 1 and 2 of the hill climb championships at the start of this year the officials were a bti funny about it but the official rules had not come in yet at that stage. I haven't had anything said to me since then.

you should check out the recent CAMS bulletin on cameras, they no longer allow anything to be helmet mounted....

Probably because of Schuey. I'm guessing the go pro/mount concentrates the stress into a point on the helmet and doesn't let it spread the load properly.

AFAIK schumaker's camera was not actually an issue, there has been plenty of comment/articles/etc but no actual statement from either investigators or doctors blaming the camera. I think Mythbusters need to take that one on.




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